Daniel Douglas ist vom Wunsch besessen, einmal eine Nacht in einem Spukhaus zu verbringen. Durch einen Freund erfährt er von einem offenbar mehr als geeigneten Objekt: dem verfluchten Haus in der Oxford Street. Seit Jahren blieb dort kein Mieter länger als ein paar Tage. Daniel Douglas beschließt dennoch, die Nacht in dem verfluchten Haus zu verbringen …
Excerpt: "You are mistaken, my dear Monkton! Your description of the gaiety of «the season» gives me no emotion. You speak of pleasure; I remember no labour so wearisome; you enlarge upon its changes; no sameness appears to me so monotonous. Keep, then, your pity for those who require it. From the height of my philosophy I compassionate you. No one is so vain as a recluse; and your jests at my hermitship…"
Welcome to the Essential Science Fiction Novels book series, where you will find a selection of endless tales about the incredible technologies of the future, time travel and its consequences, adventures in interstellar spaceships, strange post-apocalyptic worlds, dangerous alien invasions and everything else the authors dreamed of or feared for the future of humanity.For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the 5 novels by authors who created memorable stories that shaped the...
"Ernest Maltravers" – Tricked into spending a night at the house of a local hoodlum named Danver, our hero has a lucky escape when Alice, the daughter of the evil Danvers betrays her father. Punished for her betrayal, Ernest takes Alice under his wings and the two gradually fall in love. But Danvers is furious and kidnaps Alice from her new hiding place. Will Ernest and Alice ever meet? "Alice or the Mysteries" – The story continues from the earlier book where Ernest has suffered at...
e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited Edward Bulwer-Lytton Ultimate collection, formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Novels & Novellas: The Last Days of Pompeii The Pilgrims of the Rhine Rienzi, the last of the Roman tribunes Falkland Pelham The Disowned Devereux Paul Clifford Eugene Aram Godolphin Asmodeus at Large Ernest Maltravers Alice, or The Mysteries (A sequel to Ernest Maltravers) Calderon, the Courtier ...
Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton, bekannt durch seine Werke «Zanoni», «Das kommende Geschlecht» und «Die letzten Tage von Pompeji» folgt im «Lebenselixier» (1862 unter dem Titel « A strange Story» erschienen) den Lehrsätzen des altehrwürdigen, geheimnisvollen Ordens der Rosenkreuzer. Dem Orden, dem wahrscheinlich auch Bulwer-Lytton angehörte, wird nachgesagt, dass seine Mitglieder durch «vollendete Lebenskunst» und ein ganz aussergewöhnliches Maß an Wissen aus der Naturwissenschaft und Philosophie ein...
Athens: Its Rise and Fall in 2 volumes is a history of ancient Athens written by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Author's object was to combine an account of Athens' administration and politics with a complex view of the literature, providing the complete history of the Athenian drama and philosophy.